8. Comprehension: The South (p89-94)

Who is the author of The Warmth of Other Suns?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Isabel Wilkerson

• Tom Williams

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Who are the THREE main characters in The Warmth of Other Suns?

• George, Paul, John

• Ida Mae, George Starling, Robert Foster

• Peter, Paul, Mary

• Jayla, Myckia, Khalif

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Our book is meant to be the complete story of The Great Migration. What is The Great Migration?

• Birds moving from one place to another.

• The downward trend of jobs and investments

• The increased amount of non-citizens moving to the United States.

• The exodus of almost six million people from 1915 to 1970 that changed the face of America.

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When folks from the North arrived around Easter and Independence Day, how did the Southerns know they had been successful in the North?

• They flashed thick rolls of cash from their pockets--the biggest bills on the outside covering the ones and fives.

• They had more children than when they left.

• They spoke differently-- different vernacular, pronunciations, vocabulary.

• They no longer cared about the communities in the South.

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How did people from the South treat those returning from the North?

• They were shunned as being too bougie.

• They were looked down upon and pitied for their mistakes.

• They were treated like royalty from another country.

• They were asked to educated the children of the South.

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How were Ida Mae, George, and Robert influenced by those returning from the North?

• They were discouraged because of their own position in the caste system.

• They were annoyed and frustrated by their success.

• They were inspired to move to France or Germany.

• They were able to imagined a world outside of the constraints and social imprisonment and how it could change a person for the better.

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What is the connection the author makes to the stories of Ida Mae, George and Robert?

• She used the anecdote about her mother's older brother's experiences in Rome, Georgia where he found his boss's KKK robe.

• She has no personal connection to The Warmth of Other Suns.

• She, herself, is part of the movement from the South to the North.

• She talks about her own travels through the areas in the South that are mentioned in the book.

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Robert Pershing, inspired by movies, dreamed of living where?

• Detroit, MI

• Beyond Louisiana, in Los Angeles

• Eutis, FL

• Chicago, IL

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George Starling, inspired by those returning from the North, imagined visiting where?

• The cotton fields of Mississippi

• Ontario, Canada

• Dancehalls in Harlem, NYC

• Cleveland, OH

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Ida Mae, inspired by the Sears, Roebuck catalog, aspired to live where?

• Peoria, IL

• Chicago, IL.

• New York City, NY

• She was not inspired at all.

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